Compliance
Landlord crams 31 tenants into what was four-bedroom home
Televised raid on home discovers tenants living in shack in garden
News
Lettings
Landlords’ Barometer – #38: What landlords are talking about
Are you aware of how damaging Section 24 could be to the lettings sector?
Politics
What did we use for excuses before we had Brexit to blame everything on?
How many more profits warnings can blame it all on Brexit?
Politics
Stay upbeat, NAEA urges agents after Leave vote
We should soon see housing market confidence bounce back, says NAEA boss
Agency
NEWS FLASH: Countrywide to roll out online agency offering to quarter of network by end of year
Adjusted pre-tax profits down 25% at UK's biggest agent
Agency
Rightmove planning to hike agents’ subscriptions again next year, City analysts told
Rightmove tells analysts it is confident of being able to charge an extra £60 to £70 per office
Agency
OnTheMarket stays defiant: We’re still growing – and we’re here to stay
OTM reports 10% growth in agency numbers in first half of this year
Law
One other portal rule: Timetable set by tribunal for OnTheMarket case
We are operating within law, says OnTheMarket
Agency
Connells reports 15% boost in profits to £31.3m in first six months of year
Connells reports bumper first-half profits and says post-Brexit market already bouncing back
Law
At last! Powers to ban criminal letting agents to come in next year
Banning of letting agents and landlords to be possible after October 1, 2017, new housing minister confirms
Agency
Ex-Ombudsman Hamer says agents must not dilute transparency post-Brexit
There are some things we should not change and Consumer Protection laws are a prime example
Charity
Strictly in the name of charity: We need one more dancer
One more volunteer needed to compete in the industry's very own Strictly Come Dancing challenge
Agency
Rightmove announces big rises in revenue and profits as agents pay more
Rightmove announces pre-tax profits of £80.5m on revenues of £93m in first half of this year
People
More departures of top people confirmed by Countrywide on eve of City update
Former Blundells owner among latest departures from Countrywide
Agency
Share price falls wipe off half value of estate agency firms in last year
Biggest fallers are Countrywide and Foxtons as City is 'ruthless' in expectations
Agency
Almost half of biggest online agents have average asking prices above Rightmove’s latest
Purplebricks leads the pack in terms of numbers – but its asking prices are below national average for homes new to market
Other News
Website reports 44% fall in home-moving registrations across central London
Registrations for conveyancing and removals quotes drop across the UK
Lettings
New student lettings portals worth £1.1m – and not even launched
New portal will launch in five university cities in October before national roll-out
Tech
Proptech incubator Pi Labs presents its latest start-ups to investors
Five new companies make their pitches to potential invesors
Finance
Mortgage approvals at 15-month low in month of Brexit vote
House price inflation putting pressure on size of mortgages being taken out